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(→‎Writing, radio and PDA's: Changed departmental radio command ("say .h hello"), trying to teach new folks a less accident-prone way.)
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After you [[New_Players#Connecting_to_the_Server|join the server]], you will be greeted with a windows which has "Setup Character", "Join Game!", "Observe" and "Show Player Polls" on it. <br>
After you [[New_Players#Connecting_to_the_Server|join the server]], you will be greeted with a windows which has "Setup Character", "Join Game!", "Observe" and "Show Player Polls" on it. <br>
Click the '''Setup Character''' button and you will get a settings window.<br>
Click the '''Setup Character''' button and you will get a settings window.<br>
Click the '''Set Occupation Preferences''' button and set Assistant to '''Yes'''.<br>
[[File:Newplayeroptions.png]]
Click the '''Save Setup''' button on character setup and you will be an Assistant automatically the next time shift starts at the beginning.<br>
Exit to main menu, choose '''Join Game!''' (if the round hasn't started already, which is unlikely, but possible, choose "Declare Ready!"), a list of available jobs will pop up, choose '''Assistant'''. <br>
'''Trust me, do not pick any other job as you're still only learning the basics and are not ready for them!'''


Now you'll join the other players in the Station!
Click the '''Set Occupation Preferences''' -button.<br>
[[File:Startup.png]]


[[File:Startup.png]][[File:tut2.png]]
Click on '''Assistant''' so it's toggled to '''Yes'''.<br>
[[File:Startjobs.png]]
 
Click '''Done'''.<br>
Click the '''Save Setup''' button on Character Setup -screen and you will be an Assistant automatically the next time shift starts at the beginning.<br>
Close the Character Setup -screen, choose '''Join Game!''' (if there's no Join Game! -button, it means that the round hasn't started yet, in this case click on "Declare Ready!").<br>
A list of available jobs will pop up, choose '''Assistant'''. <br>
'''Trust me, do not pick any other job as you're still only learning the basics and are not ready for them!'''<br>
[[File:tut2.png]]
 
 
Now you'll join the other players on the Station by spawning into the Arrivals Shuttle - don't get scared if it's been blown to pieces and you spawn into deadly space, it happens from time to time and you'll get to try again soon.




== Heads Up Display ==
== Heads Up Display ==
Let us introduce to you what you are seeing, starting from the tabs located in the upper right corner:
=== The Tabs ===
[[File:Tabs.png]]
* '''Text''': Shows game log all the way up.<br>
* '''Info''': Opens the info-section with in-game tabs.
* '''Wiki''': Opens the game wiki in your internet browser.
* '''Forum''': Opens the game discussion forum in your internet browser.
* '''Rules''': Opens the rules.
* '''Changelog''': Opens the changelog.
* In-game tabs:
** '''Status''': Lists various points of interest such as current intent, move mode, and oxygen tank statuses (if applicable).
** '''Admin''': The first option in this tab, 'Adminhelp', is something that should always be remembered, adminhelp sends a direct message for questions pertaining gameplay. 'Adminnotice' displays admin notices. 'Adminwho', gives a list of in-game admins.
** '''IC''': Gives a list of In Character actions that can be done at the moment.
** '''OOC''': Gives a list of Out Of Character actions, which are anything outside of the current game.
** '''Object''': Actions that can be done with objects current at hand.
** '''Preferences''': Gives a list of toggleable (out-of-character) settings.
=== Inventory ===
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{|align="center" style="width:100%; border:2px #a3b1bf solid; background:#E6F8FF; text-align:left;"
|'''Your inventory is along the bottom and lower left of the screen. <br>Commands are to the lower right corner, and your personal status is on the right edge of the screen.'''<br>
|'''Your inventory is along the bottom and lower left of the screen. <br>Commands are to the lower right corner, and your personal status is on the right edge of the screen.'''<br>
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| [[File:Hud-Pocket.png]] '''Pocket slots''' - For all small items.
| [[File:Hud-Pocket.png]] '''Pocket slots''' - For all small items.
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|rowspan="8" style="background-color: someonecanchangethisiftheywant;"|[[File:HUD.png|thumb|480px|border|right|Screenshot from the game with HUD parts numbered.]]
|rowspan="8" style="background-color: someonecanchangethisiftheywant;"|[[File:HUD_colored.png|thumb|480px|border|right|Screenshot from the game with HUD parts colored (see lower picture and numbers on the left for more detailed info).<br>Yellow parts are for item storing.<br>Cyan is hands.<br>Pink is various buttons.<br>Green is health and status alerts.]][[File:HUD.png|thumb|480px|border|right|Same picture with HUD parts numbered.]]
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|'''2 [[File:Hud-hands.gif]] [[Intent#Right.2FLeft_hand|Hands]]''' - Shows you what you are currently holding, and which hand you will interact with. This is also where you can switch between which hand you're currently using.
|'''2 [[File:Hud-hands.gif]] [[Intent#Right.2FLeft_hand|Hands]]''' - Shows you what you are currently holding, and which hand you will interact with. This is also where you can switch between which hand you're currently using.
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== Picking Up and Using Items ==
 
== Doing Things ==
The game uses a '''point-and-click system'''. You select '''which hand''' you wish to use with the [[File:Hud-hands.gif]] '''hand buttons''' and by clicking on the item you wish to interact with.
The game uses a '''point-and-click system'''. You select '''which hand''' you wish to use with the [[File:Hud-hands.gif]] '''hand buttons''' and by clicking on the item you wish to interact with.


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== Learn as You Play -Exercises ==
=== Learn as You Play -Exercises ===
Here we come to the first sign of of whether you'll be a good player or not: <br>
Here we come to the first sign of of whether you'll be a good player or not: <br>
If you're bored already and can't be assed to do these exercises then you're probably not going to like Space Station 13. <br>
If you're bored already and can't be assed to do these exercises then you're probably not going to like Space Station 13. <br>
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<font size="4">'''First Day on the Job:'''<font size="2">
<font size="4">'''First Day on the Job:'''</font size>
=== Clothing and Internals ===
==== Clothing and Internals ====
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{|align="center" style="width:100%; border:2px lightgrey solid; background:#E6F8FF; text-align:left;"
|<center>'''Welcome aboard the Space Station 13, chances are you have arrived late in the shift and are currently located on the [[Arrivals|Arrival Shuttle]].'''
|<center>'''Welcome aboard the Space Station 13, chances are you have arrived late in the shift and are currently located on the [[Arrivals|Arrival Shuttle]].'''
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|[[File:Backpack.png]]<font size="3">'''1. Navigation and items:'''<font size="2"> Firstly you need to get your clothing. Head over to the blue and pink lockers and open them, pick up a jumpsuit you like and a pair of shoes and place them in your backpack. When you're done close the locker.
|[[File:Backpack.png]]<font size="3">'''1. Navigation and items:'''</font size> Firstly you need to get your clothing. Head over to the blue and pink lockers and open them, pick up a jumpsuit you like and a pair of shoes and place them in your backpack. When you're done close the locker.
:#Use the movement keys (arrow keys, numpad keys with numlock off or WASD with the in-game [[hotkeys]] on) to move.
:#Use the movement keys (arrow keys, numpad keys with numlock off or WASD with the in-game [[hotkeys]] on) to move.
:#Click the locker with an empty hand selected to open it.
:#Click the locker with an empty hand selected to open it.
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:#Click the locker with an empty hand to close it.
:#Click the locker with an empty hand to close it.
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|[[File:Brshoe.png]]<font size="3">'''2. Clothing:'''<font size="2"> Now you'll need to head out of the [[Arrivals|Arrival Shuttle]] to a secluded area and change your clothes.
|[[File:Brshoe.png]]<font size="3">'''2. Clothing:'''</font size> Now you'll need to head out of the [[Arrivals|Arrival Shuttle]] to a secluded area and change your clothes.
:#Head out of the Arrival Shuttle to the north.
:#Head out of the Arrival Shuttle to the north.
:#Go into either of the Escape Pod shaft (red doors).
:#Go into either of the Escape Pod shaft (red doors).
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:#You may leave the old jumpsuit and shoes here as you won't need them anymore.
:#You may leave the old jumpsuit and shoes here as you won't need them anymore.
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|[[File:BreathMask.png]]<font size="3">'''3. Internals:'''<font size="2"> The station has likely been beat up a bit since the beginning of the round and so it is a good idea to put internals on for just in case we come across a place with no breathable atmosphere. The internals can be found ready in a box in your backpack. Take them out of the box and put them on.
|[[File:BreathMask.png]]<font size="3">'''3. Internals:'''</font size> The station has likely been beat up a bit since the beginning of the round and so it is a good idea to put internals on for just in case we come across a place with no breathable atmosphere. The internals can be found ready in a box in your backpack. Take them out of the box and put them on.
:#Open the backpack and take out the box.
:#Open the backpack and take out the box.
:#Open the box with your other hand.
:#Open the box with your other hand.
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===Writing, radio and PDA's===
==== Writing, radio and PDA's ====
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|[[File:Pen.png]]<font size="3">'''4. Writing:'''<font size="2"> It's good to have things written down, so I want you to write your name on the sheet of paper in the [[Security Checkpoint]].
|[[File:Pen.png]]<font size="3">'''4. Writing:'''</font size> It's good to have things written down, so I want you to write your name on the sheet of paper in the [[Security Checkpoint]].
:#Head out of the maintenance shaft through the same door you came in.
:#Head out of the maintenance shaft through the same door you came in.
:#Go south past the arrival shuttle and then to the right.
:#Go south past the arrival shuttle and then to the right.
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:#Put the pen back on the desk, examine the note (Shift+Click it), and close the window after you're done examining.
:#Put the pen back on the desk, examine the note (Shift+Click it), and close the window after you're done examining.
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|[[File:Headset.png]]<font size="3">'''5. Radio:'''<font size="2"> Okay, you're an assistant, which means you can theoretically work anywhere and assist with tasks. Practice dictates otherwise, but we won't pay lazy asses round here, so try to get a job now. Try to ask someone if they need assistance.
|[[File:Headset.png]]<font size="3">'''5. Radio:'''</font size> Okay, you're an assistant, which means you can theoretically work anywhere and assist with tasks. Practice dictates otherwise, but we won't pay lazy asses round here, so try to get a job now. Try to ask someone if they need assistance.
:#Using the radio is simple. Instead of using '''say "Hello"''' like you would to say things to the people around you, you use '''say ";Hello"'''. Basically you add a semicolon before your message. Some departments have department radios (e.g. security, engineering, medical). As an assistant, however, you don't belong to a department, and as such don't have a department radio, but when you do, it works by writing '''say ".h Hello"''' (or '''#h''', or ''':h''' for departmental radio, whichever suits you best).
:#Using the radio is simple. Instead of using '''say "Hello"''' like you would to say things to the people around you, you use '''say ";Hello"'''. Basically you add a semicolon before your message. Some departments have department radios (e.g. security, engineering, medical). As an assistant, however, you don't belong to a department, and as such don't have a department radio, but when you do, it works by writing '''say ".h Hello"''' (or '''#h''', or ''':h''' for departmental radio, whichever suits you best).
:#Be polite and professional when asking. An example of how to ask: say ";This is assistant [your name], I've just arrived on this station and am wondering if anyone needs assistance with any job."
:#Be polite and professional when asking. An example of how to ask: say ";This is assistant [your name], I've just arrived on this station and am wondering if anyone needs assistance with any job."
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:#If you don't get a reply, continue with this exercise.
:#If you don't get a reply, continue with this exercise.
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|[[File:Normalpda.gif]]<font size="3">'''6. PDA:'''<font size="2"> You have been issued with a Portable Data Assistant which you should now have in your pocket. I want you to enable the PDA's flashlight and send a message to some random person.
|[[File:Normalpda.gif]]<font size="3">'''6. PDA:'''</font size> You have been issued with a Portable Data Assistant which you should now have in your pocket. I want you to enable the PDA's flashlight and send a message to some random person.
:#Your PDA already holds a pen inside, which is removable by right-clicking on the PDA and selecting Remove Pen.
:#Your PDA already holds a pen inside, which is removable by right-clicking on the PDA and selecting Remove Pen.
:#The PDA can also hold an ID card inside it. Take your ID and click the PDA with your ID in active hand to place it in. Your PDA/ID combination can be held in your ID slot to function as an ID card but this way you can also save one inventory slot.
:#The PDA can also hold an ID card inside it. Take your ID and click the PDA with your ID in active hand to place it in. Your PDA/ID combination can be held in your ID slot to function as an ID card but this way you can also save one inventory slot.
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=== Next recommended steps ===
==== Next recommended steps ====
# Explore the station, keep your mouse cursor over doors and check your lower left bar for the room's name. Check the [[map]] and get used to the layout, the station is really not as big as it first seems.
# Explore the station, keep your mouse cursor over doors and check your lower left bar for the room's name. Check the [[map]] and get used to the layout, the station is really not as big as it first seems.
# Talk to people, ask them what they're doing and if you could be of any assistance. The [[bar]] is an excellent place to find bored people who have nothing else to do but socialize.
# Talk to people, ask them what they're doing and if you could be of any assistance. The [[bar]] is an excellent place to find bored people who have nothing else to do but socialize.
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# Read the few tips underneath and start your second round by choosing your first "real job" as a [[Cargo Tech]], which you should probably play for at least a few rounds. Don't get greedy, work your way slowly up from civilian jobs to more vital ones. Good luck and have fun!
# Read the few tips underneath and start your second round by choosing your first "real job" as a [[Cargo Tech]], which you should probably play for at least a few rounds. Don't get greedy, work your way slowly up from civilian jobs to more vital ones. Good luck and have fun!


== Basic Controls Summary ==
=== Basic Controls Summary ===
*'''Arrow keys, numpad keys with numlock off or WASD with [[hotkeys]]''' to move
*'''Arrow keys, numpad keys with numlock off or WASD with [[hotkeys]]''' to move
*type '''ooc "Hello"''' to speak [[OOC|Out Of Character (OOC)]]
*type '''ooc "Hello"''' to speak [[OOC|Out Of Character (OOC)]]
*type '''say "Hello"''' to speak [[IC|In-Character (IC)]]. Clicking the chat button in the lower right corner will automatically place say in the chat bar.
*type '''say "Hello"''' to speak [[IC|In-Character (IC)]]. Clicking the chat button in the lower right corner will automatically place say in the chat bar.
*type '''say ";Hello"''' to speak over the radio (in character)
*type '''say ";Hello"''' to speak over the radio (in character)
*type '''say ":h Hello"''' to speak over your department radio (in character), if you have one. Examine the radio to find specific letters for your department. (Right click > Examine or Shift+Click)
*type '''say ".h Hello"''' to speak over your department radio (in character), if you have one. Examine the radio to find specific letters for your department. (Right click > Examine or Shift+Click)
*'''Left click''' items to interact with them.
*'''Left click''' items to interact with them.
*'''Right click''' items to bring up the context menu.
*'''Right click''' items to bring up the context menu.
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== General Tips ==
== General Tips ==
'''Some general tips to get you through gameplay:'''<font size="2">
Some general tips to get you through gameplay:


* Play your first "real" round as a [[Cargo Technician]] - It will let you learn the controls from more experienced players (notably the [[Quartermaster]]) in a low stress, low importance job, while being useful.
* Play your first "real" round as a [[Cargo Technician]] - It will let you learn the controls from more experienced players (notably the [[Quartermaster]]) in a low stress, low importance job, while being useful.
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<font size="3">'''PLEASE DO NOT:'''<font size="2">
<font size="3">'''PLEASE DO NOT:'''</font size>
* Tell anyone about a [[Hud|symbol]] suddenly appearing over your head. You are (most likely) now part of a [[cult]] (Green icon above your head) or [[revolution]] (Red R above your head) and will get a notification of this.
* Tell anyone about a [[Hud|symbol]] suddenly appearing over your head. You are (most likely) now part of a [[cult]] (Green icon above your head) or [[revolution]] (Red R above your head) and will get a notification of this.
* Share any in-character information in the [[OOC]]-channel or over IRC. (Be careful what you say here. It's extremely easy to spoil the round type to everyone and doing this can and will result in a ban. See [[Terminology#IC_in_OOC|IC in OOC]] for more information.)
* Share any in-character information in the [[OOC]]-channel or over IRC. (Be careful what you say here. It's extremely easy to spoil the round type to everyone and doing this can and will result in a ban. See [[Terminology#IC_in_OOC|IC in OOC]] for more information.)
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